Nassau County Police Department equips Skydio X10 with Restube for water rescues
Nassau County Police Department has expanded its DFR program to include water rescue. Using the Dropper attachment, the department's X10 drones now carry and release a Restube flotation device to a person during a water rescue emergency, adding a new capability to the DFR program's response toolkit. Police Commissioner, Patrick Ryder specifically calls out the drone’s ability to launch remotely, eliminating the need for an officer to be present to initiate the rescue.
- Summer may be coming to an end, but Nassau Police are continuing to keep
- Long Islanders safe out on the water.
- They just unveiled the department's new drones that are equipped with
- specialized flotation devices right there.
- The devices can be deployed during water rescue emergencies when seconds
- count.
- The dr- drone should arrive within a minute.
- Uh, a swimmer will be in the water. The life jacket will land next to him.
- He will grab hold of that, and the Marine Bureau then will complete
- the rescue.
- Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, who you just heard from, says
- that the drone,
- the drone p-
- uh, pilot is no longer needed on site, and the drone will instead
- arrive at the location with just the push of a button
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